Aquila of Pontus

Aquila of Pontus was a Christian saint from Pontus who, along with his wife Priscilla, served as missionaries until their joint martyrdoms. Born to Jewish families, they originally lived in Rome before Emperor Claudius expelled the Jews from the city. They worked, lived, and traveled with Paul the Apostle, who, like them, had worked as a tentmaker, and they had a presence which strengthened the early Christian Church. Both of them were later martyred together.